New to our website!! You
may now apply for bar association membership or renew you membership
and make payment online. Click here to
complete the on-line membership application/ or renew you membership.

Regular Membership

This membership category requires admission to practice before the
U. S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC). For admission to
the Court, visit the Court's Website at www.uscourts.cavc.gov.
Dues for attorney and non-attorney practitioners in private practice,
with veterans service organizations, or with government agencies are
$95.00 per year.

Associate Membership

This non-voting membership category is available for attorneys who
are not admitted to practice before the CAVC but are in good standing
of the highest court of the state of their admission to the bar. The
annual Associate membership fee is $95.00 for those attorneys either
in private practice or employed by veterans service organizations. Associate
dues for attorneys employed by a government agency are also $95.00.

Student Membership

Law school students are eligible for a non-voting membership. The dues for law students are $25.00 dollars.

This non-voting membership is available only to newly admitted practitioners of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. New practitioners will receive an invitation from the Bar Association to join. In order to take advantage of this offer, the practitioner must return the application to the Membership Committee. This membership is meant to encourage participation in the bar association and is effective for the remainder of the fiscal membership year in which the practitioner joins. The practitioner can elect to become a voting member by paying the annual dues of the association.

Organizational Membership

This membership category is available to government entities only.
Agency applicants must submit a request for Organizational Membership
together with pertinent information about each agency employee it designates
for participation in Association activities. Dues for Organizational
Memberships are assessed at a rate of $75.00 for each employee the Organizational
Member so designates. To qualify for the Organizational Membership,
there must be a minimum of five(5) applicants.

Court Membership

Any Federal court established by Congress as a court of record may
apply for single, non-voting membership in the Association, entitling
its judges and licensed attorneys employed by the Court to participate
in Association Activities. Annual dues for Court Memberships are assessed
at a rate of $95 for each employee the Organizational Member designates.

You may download the membership form and mail in your dues. The form is in a PDF format. If you have problems viewing the form, you may need to download and install Adobe Reader to view the form.

New to our website!! You may now apply for bar association
membership or renew your membership and make payment online. Click
here to complete the on-line membership application/ or renew you
membership.